Appendix 1.6a

a)The festival I am doing is Christmas. Every 25th December, we always celebrate the same festval. Christmas is all about sharing and caring and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. On the day of Christmas, I went to my aunt's house to barbercue .On this occasion, my aunt prepared many indigrents. There were so many food like chicken,sausages and most importantly, the turkey! Christmas is also a time of exchanging presents and gathering. In my aunt's house, there was this mini christmas which my cousins and I cousins stared at it for 5 minutes. The decoration in my aunt's house was very nice. The decoration was in all types and colours, red blue and green. On that day, my family and I felt very happy as there were good food and we get to get gifts. At my aunt's house, me and my cousin played the play station 2. Whenever i looked around, there was always a smile on my cousin's face. So i was curious and decided to ask them why they were so happy. First of all, all of them said, "Christmas is not all about having fun, but bonding and strengthening our family relationships. It bonds family relationship as we co-operate to find the ingredients and buy gifts." I was happy to know that they loved Christmas and I love it too. From young, I loved Christmas as i get to meet my relatives and cousins. Therefore, I think that Christmas is an important day where by all families get together and have a good time.

b)Comparing my individual experiences with what Jess experienced with his family during Christmas, I found out that there are some differences. First of all, we are different in the way we spent our time during Christmas. Such as, even though it was just almost a month to Christmas, Jess's sister still spent most of their time fighting on what to buy for their boyfriends but I spent most of my time with my family preparing the ingredients needed for the barbecue and the gifts we should give to our relatives. Also, Jess spent most of his time during Christmas milking the Miss Bessie and spending time with Leslie. But I spent Christmas with my family and relatives instead of my friends. Therefore we can see that Jess is not happy about the way Christmas was spent as he spends little time with his family during Christmas. This might be because his family do not interact much with Jess and do not understand him. It also might be because Jess's family is poor and hence, does not have enough money to buy decorations and celebrate the occasion properly. Thus from here, I can see that my individual experiences with what Jess experienced with his family is different.

c)My friends and I celebrated Christmas and Easter. The interesting thing about Easter is that the date and when it is celebrated changes every year.But usually, from what I know, Easter falls two day after good friday. But Christmas will always be on the 25th of december. Things interesting about Easter is that it is the most important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. Easter is about celebrating Jesus' death, burial and resurrection from the dead. To me, I think that Easter is a time of enjoying and thanksgiving. I often hear people saying that Easter has something to do with rabits and chocolate eggs, well it is. The rabbit, also known as the hare which is symbolically associated with the moon and therefore may have become associated with Easter since the date of Easter is determined by the phases of the moon. Easter eggs represents new life and are specially decorated eggs given to celebrate Easter. These eggs are often hidden for good children to find on Easter morning. For Christmas, it is a time where family gather and exchange gifts. It is a day to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. But people often ask, why do we need to put a star on top of a christmas tree? It is because the star represent the host of angels. But after all, the christmas tree will still look very nice after decorating it with christmas lights and other things! Therefore after saying so much, I would just like to say that both festivals is a time for family bonding and they are both a happy occasion.

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